Gaochang: Head of a Bodhisattva
Clay
Gaochang: Head of a Bodhisattva
CHINA, Xinjiang, Turpan
The sculpture was excavated during the period of 1904 to 1905 from the Buddhist ruins of Gaochang by the German archaeologist Albert von Le Coq.
The Bodhisattva’s hair is parted at the center in an ornate pattern that is swept back and plaited into a flattened topknot contained within a checkered hairnet. The forehead is wide and high with an incised urna breaking the smoothness while the exaggerated eyebrows are cut in a similar way. The hooded eyes and bow-shaped, smiling mouth are individualized with a greater attention to detail.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 370.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Gaochang: Head of a Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 370.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Gaochang: Head of a Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:370.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Gaochang: Head of a Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 370).
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